Hybrid Heat Treatments for bed bugs - Go Green

Hybrid heat treatments are an industry leading solution to eliminating bed bugs from building content.

An all green, chemical free solution, A 100 percent effective bed bug elimination process.

Including clothing, furniture, books, artwork, instruments, electronics, photographs, antiques, tapestries, linen, fabric, boxes, tools, pallets and automobiles

Hybrid heat is chemical free, pesticide free, inert ingredient free solution to complete elimination of all stages of bed bugs 100 % of the time.

Hybrid heat is not a portable station. It is not a knock down-fold out cube that stores under the bed. It is not a pop up tent.

It is not a container on wheels (trailer) that was modified with duct work to use with a portable heater with  poor temperature control and pressurization problems. It is not a pull around heat trailer. Parked on location, limited in size and scope.

Hybrid heat is a concept developed for content management. Hybrid heat is a process that includes many disciplines and utilizes a stationary 6,250 cubic foot chamber designed to heat as few as one suitcase or two 12 foot x 24-foot trailers at one time. The chamber is 25 feet x 25 feet x 10 feet

An all electric chamber designed to operate at any tempered range from 70-135 degrees Fahrenheit. *Fine art- no problem. *Favorite violin- no problem. *Favorite albums- no problem. *Low- 113-degree service available

A chamber designed to contain and  kill any bed bugs that reach the floor, walls, ceiling or door thresholds.

Chamber walls designed to reflect radiant heat back into the chamber. A chamber that has less than 10% conduction in walls and ceiling due to thermal breaks behind radiant panels. A chamber that can move 4,000-65,000 cubic feet of air per minute. No stratification and complete air rotations up to 10 times per minute

Hybrid heat creates a lethal environment of convection for bed bugs with the ability to maintain a safe environment at all times for most items. No crayons allowed

Cost- Hybrid heat is comparable to many legitimate bed bug elimination processes.

BR Pro Services provides Hybrid heat treatments in Pittsburgh, Pa and the tri state area to five Pest Control Companies. Is your Pest Control Company on board.  www.brproservices.com

Bed bug elimination- bundling services- selling baloney and getting paid for fillet

Is the Cloverleaf treatment for bed bugs a value added service or a service adding value?

In all situations it is one or the other. In many it is simply a revenue generating opportunity.

In most situations it is an otiose cost to the consumer and a way for a Pest control company to artificially reduce the cost of the treated area while selling and being paid for faux treatments and other areas. The concept has little merit and this is why.

Some bed bug infestations do have a level of migration but many bed bug infestations do not.

Bed bug migrations are fairly easy to determine. A complete understanding of the areas in question is the foundation for action.  Understanding the area of concern will dictate action plans for any rooms affected.

There are only two possibilities of migration.

There is evidence of migration or there is no evidence of migration.

A company that practices selling a service with no evidence of migration is a company who deliberately devalues their remediation service in a problem room and sells a meaningless money crabbing service in another areas. What is promoted as a value added service at a reduced cost is really the remediation expense of a single room spread over as many as 5 rooms? Thus the phrase-The cloverleaf.

On the other hand if there is evidence of bed bug migration or activity in any adjoining room. The company would be selling two bed bug remediations and now treating as many as 6 additional rooms.

I am a bed bug remediation expert. Remediation to me means  returning the areas to pre-bed bug occupation. Complete bed bug elimination. It also means to treat only areas with bed bug activity.

The cloverleaf inspection is vital to bed bug elimination. The cloverleaf treatment is a clever but deceptive marketing tool of obtaining more for less.

Or is it?  Are you being forced to buy baloney yet paying for fillet. 

Go a la carte

I am not a fan of public display of bed bug issues. That is the potential reckless reporting of bed bugs.

Why


Victim or culprit?

This in many cases is a fine line. A hotel, airline, bus company,roommate,library,a friends house, etc.can have bed bugs with out knowing. In this case a situation could place a victim in a bad and unfair spot by advertising the problem.

Neglect of corrective matters after knowing of a bed bug exposer is however not except able. If you know of a problem you should inform the owner or manager that can make a difference. A corrective action is required. They should only be judged on how they react.

Defaming a victim is simple an easy way out at someones else's expense. Or at least until they come after you for it.

Bed bugs are serious business. There is no room for unwarranted finger pointing. The solution is timely communication and remediation.

Bed Bugs-Facts are Golden

“Field conditions are usually much more complex than laboratory environments.”

Well there is a surprise.

To sell a monitor with no in field study and to solely rely on a controlled laboratory experiment is the epitome of -The Snake Oil Salesmen

“The presence of a human host, clutter, furniture, and various odors from food and household cleaning agents could significantly affect the performance of a bed bug monitor.”

Yet another surprise

“suggested that an effective monitor can be used in unoccupied infested rooms to trap the hungry bed bugs and for reducing the probability of bed bugs dispersing into adjacent uninfested rooms.”

HUMMM ---- Morton's or McDonald’s ???????? but wait-

“Further research is needed to optimize the chemical lure release rate and CO2 release rate and to evaluate the effectiveness of baited monitors under various field conditions.”

WOW I am enlightened.

Interesting how all this information is left out of the advertising. No disclaimers or side effects. But on sale now.

The sensationalism and buzz over bedbugs is only exceeded by the greed of those trying to corner a market with garbage.

Home Bed bugs traps, lures, and kits to keep college students from getting bed bugs. Even-Executive Travel Kits. On and On. None with guarantees.

I see these items every week. Clients – DIY enthusiasts, desperate people trying to rid their homes of bed bugs. All regret having spent the time in any of these products.

Deceptive and Indirect Techniques of Persuasion

It is easy and cheep to make a company, a product or service look legitimate  on line. Self-proclaimed experts selling a-z in bed bug care. Selling services and products to meet all economic levels all while taking money. Fraternities of individuals miss leading uninformed individuals, making a living promoting, selling or promising anything they can at the expense of their clients with out regard of out come.

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Again I close with this

“It is as much the American way to be average, neglectful or being the benchmark of an industry. The path you choose will define you.” Wm. Curry ii

                                         Are you a gambler?

Are you or is your PCO banking on the  information depicted in the graph below to remediate your home form Bed Bugs?

This is a graph dome by the University of Kentucky. It represents the bed bugs found in 13 infested apartments.

I am a bed bug remediation specialist and I will agree with most of the information above. It is however very misleading for the following reasons.

Do to DIY applications of- the so called bed bug killing sprays that are sold over the counter,  are mostly repellants. Most of these products create a barrier and discourage the bed bugs from crossing . Bed bugs are very common in nightstands and other areas around the beds components because of these products and application area.

The area most misrepresented in this study is the area between the bedroom and couch. This must be part of -OTHER.

 My company does heat treatments almost every day of the week. Almost every home that I have found with live activity of bed bugs in a bedroom has had the host of that bedroom move to another room of the house. Most often that move involves a couch. When a host leaves, bed bugs will migrate in search of a new host, a transition. The area and duration of the transition between the bedroom and couch becomes an opportunity for endless exposer to a dwelling. The time frame is undefined due to the laying of eggs and other host discovered along the way.

A big reason that my company has a 99.1 % complete elimination of all stages of bed bugs after one Heat Treatment is that no area or any contents within a structure confirmed with live activity of bed bugs is left untreated.

The area in the study labeled-OTHERS, which must include the laundry, is very misrepresented with my experience as both a canine handler and bed bug remediation specialist.  The single greatest reason for a failure of a bed bug remediation is due to- OTHER -not being addressed.

The structure that one lives is simply a conduit for bed bugs to move. The ultimate habitat with unrestricted access

Lastly- the study does not cover content of a dwelling or personal automobiles. Why not- because most do not have the ability and resources to manage these areas so why cover it.

I have a content management program that addresses any level of content and I routinely heat treat cars, trucks, vans, busses, boats, aircraft…

So what is my concern and reason for addressing the study?

There are companies teaching the limited preparation is the answer to bed bug elimination. A new plan of attack - to do less and have greater results. Many are looking for ways to do less and like the fact that they can do less for the same compensation.

A company banking on the information depicted in the graph to focus all their efforts in obvious areas while discounting other areas is a gambler. Playing the odds while a customer pays the toll. If you are treating the bedrooms, living room and passing on the bathrooms, hallways, laundry room, kitchen, dining room and home office- you are spot treating.

I do not gamble. I strive for success with out any consideration of short cuts. My record is the foundation of my efforts.

Remember-Compromise is the first step of accepting less.